President Andrzej Duda’s office paid tribute to the two veteran stars of the stage and screen on social media, describing them as "masters of their trade."
Jerzy Trela
Jerzy Trela, who was indelibly linked with Poland’s southern city of Kraków, appeared in some 350 theatre and film roles over a career spanning six decades.
On stage, he was Claudius in Shakespeare’s Hamlet, Gustaw-Konrad in Adam Mickiewicz’s Forefathers’ Eve, and Raskolnikov in Fyodor Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment, among other roles.
Trela’s talent was also harnessed by Poland’s leading filmmakers, including the Oscar winner Andrzej Wajda (1999’s Mister Thaddeus), Agnieszka Holland (1981’s A Lonely Woman) and Krzysztof Kieślowski (1993’s Three Colours: White).
Ignacy Gogolewski
Ignacy Gogolewski, meanwhile, graced the stages of the capital Warsaw, including the city's National Theatre.
Having made his mark in Romantic repertoire, with roles such as Gustaw-Konrad in Adam Mickiewicz’s Forefathers’ Eve, Gogolewski excelled in Shakespearian plays (including Macbeth, Julius Caesar and Othello) and more contemporary plays, notably Witold Gombrowicz’s Operetta.
He was also a major screen actor, having worked with Janusz Morgenstern (in 1967’s Jowita) and Stanisław Różewicz (on 1954’s Difficult Love). He remains best known for his appearance as Antek in 1972’s TV adaptation of Władysław Reymont’s Nobel Prize-winning saga The Peasants.
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Source: polskieradio24.pl, PAP, tvp.info